Official 2021 Free Agency/Trades Thread

@ilcuqui posted:

lol… bet it’s for forging their COVID vaccination forms

@ByMikeJones:  NFL has suspended Bucs players Antonio Brown, Mike Edwards and free agent John Franklin three games for violating COVID protocols.

EDIT: my guess confirmed by @RapSheet

@RapSheet: #Bucs WR Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards have each been suspended without pay for the next three games for misrepresenting their vaccination status under the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 Protocol. They have accepted the discipline and waived their right of appeal.

Can’t wait to hear that unctuous f*** Arians about this

Oh, just wait for the incoming comparisons of this to the Rodgers "immunized" situation.

There are none, they misrepresented, he admitted he misled.

I also think fake Covid vac forms are AGAINST THE LAW!

No similarities at all to Rodgers situation. AR misled the media and the public, but was 100% honest with the league and the team.

Bucs next 3 - ATL, BUF, NOS

All winnable.

AB probably wasn’t playing a couple of those games (if not all three) because of a lingering ankle injury.

Buffalo has the best shot out of those 3 teams to knock the Bucs off.
Atlanta and NO have crap OLs, and will likely succumb to the pressure of the Bucs front 7.

@H5 posted:

No similarities at all to Rodgers situation. AR misled the media and the public, but was 100% honest with the league and the team.

Yep. But you know the droolers out there (you listening Jaymo?) are going to be up in arms about Rodgers getting a small fine instead of a 3 game suspension.

LMAO, right on cue.

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@H5 posted:

No similarities at all to Rodgers situation. AR misled the media and the public, but was 100% honest with the league and the team.

IMO they all should be banned from the NFL for life and even prosecuted by authorities. There should be zero tolerance for exposing teammates, staff, and fans to the deadliest pandemic in history.

No comparison between Antonio Brown and Rodgers. I think Rodgers is an idiot, but he didn't fake medical documents.

The players association needed to come down hard on that as well because teams need to be confident in medical information they receive access to (privately) for team physicians to sign off on 7 or 8 figures of guaranteed money. Anything that compromises that could cause long-term problems.

The other consideration is that Brown has had a long history of issues related to domestic violence, assault, etc. If anything, they should have really brought the hammer down more on him

@mr21mr21 posted:

IMO they all should be banned from the NFL for life and even prosecuted by authorities. There should be zero tolerance for exposing teammates, staff, and fans to the deadliest pandemic in history.

I agree.  Now go shove a candy bar up your ass to help with your co-stupidities.

How about suspending Cousins? If the idiots at rube central want AROD suspended for vaccine related issues, how about going after Cousins, if they can break through his plexiglass shield..

@mr21mr21 posted:

IMO they all should be banned from the NFL for life and even prosecuted by authorities. There should be zero tolerance for exposing teammates, staff, and fans to the deadliest pandemic in history.

Well that’s like your opinion man…

Jesus fuck.

It is a felony in some states.  And Arians has been through several bouts with cancer = immunocompromised.  Mr.Knucklehead.

I believe it is actually a federal crime,

Interesting angle of the Brown, Edwards, and Franklin suspensions......there is a good chance they accepted their suspensions without fighting and not admitting guilt in public in order to avoid scrutiny from the feds.  It is a federal crime to use a fraudulent vaccine card since the CDC logo is included.  While it would seem this is nothing in the scheme of things, the feds typically pick high profile cases as a scare tactic to minor violations to scare the rest of the country.  The IRS has been doing this for years. My guess is their attorneys/agents told these three to take their punishment and get this out of the public light ASAP to avoid further scrutiny.  And the NFL obliged since they also don't want further scrutiny here. 

Fines and prison time for fraudulent vaccine cards

More info:  "Using or selling a fake COVID-19 vaccine card is illegal. The FBI said in March that falsifying a federal seal is a federal crime. Vaccine cards have two federal seals: one from the CDC and one from HHS. Forging either of these is a violation that could carry a fine and up to five years in prison."

Pulled from this LINK.

Looks like the salary cap next year is likely jumping up another 25.5 million.  I'd imagine that, plus a restructured/extended contract for Rodgers, would give Green Bay quite a bit of breathing room to take care of a few guys and keep this thing together.

@Pakrz posted:

Looks like the salary cap next year is likely jumping up another 25.5 million.  I'd imagine that, plus a restructured/extended contract for Rodgers, would give Green Bay quite a bit of breathing room to take care of a few guys and keep this thing together.

That is fantastic news!! I wonder if they will start looking at potential extensions now for some of the key players.

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

No comparison between Antonio Brown and Rodgers. I think Rodgers is an idiot, but he didn't fake medical documents.

The players association needed to come down hard on that as well because teams need to be confident in medical information they receive access to (privately) for team physicians to sign off on 7 or 8 figures of guaranteed money. Anything that compromises that could cause long-term problems.

The other consideration is that Brown has had a long history of issues related to domestic violence, assault, etc. If anything, they should have really brought the hammer down more on him

Agreed. They should have suspended them at least for the rest of the season IMO

@13X posted:

That is fantastic news!! I wonder if they will start looking at potential extensions now for some of the key players.

There's obviously a guy or two that need to be dealt with right away, but GB has some young studs coming up over the next few years that will be very expensive (Alexander, Gary and Jenkins).  

That's a great problem to have though.  Excellent job Gutenfarter!

@Pakrz posted:

Looks like the salary cap next year is likely jumping up another 25.5 million.  I'd imagine that, plus a restructured/extended contract for Rodgers, would give Green Bay quite a bit of breathing room to take care of a few guys and keep this thing together.

Looks like the NFL and MLB have recovered from the COVID season of losses.

I was really worried about the owners for a bit

@Pakrz posted:

There's obviously a guy or two that need to be dealt with right away, but GB has some young studs coming up over the next few years that will be very expensive (Alexander, Gary and Jenkins).  

That's a great problem to have though.  Excellent job Gutenfarter!

FO sucks.

@Pakrz posted:

There's obviously a guy or two that need to be dealt with right away, but GB has some young studs coming up over the next few years that will be very expensive (Alexander, Gary and Jenkins).  

I'm adding A J Dillon to that list.   He is a budding star.

Pretty sure Dillion has a couple of years left

I know. But Pakrz post said the next few years, so I added Dillon.

Washington is leading the Vikings by about a game, now, and in the tiebreaker, for the Wild Card. Might as well pull for the WFT, against the Raiders, to give them a cushion over the Vikings' fading chances of making the play offs.

WFT has been playing some halfway decent ball the past couple of weeks. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them in the playoffs again, nor to see them sweep Dallas this month. 11 and 6 definitely isn’t out of reach for them if you look at their schedule.

Are they supposed to get Fitztragic back this year? I could see them being a tough out in the WC round.

Don't know that he'd be any better than how Heineke has been playing.

@mrtundra posted:

Washington is leading the Vikings by about a game, now, and in the tiebreaker, for the Wild Card. Might as well pull for the WFT, against the Raiders, to give them a cushion over the Vikings' fading chances of making the play offs.

I want the Spermheads to always be around a .500 team.  Why? because that will keep them in the middle of the draft order and they would have to spend huge draft capital to move up. 

@The Heckler posted:

I want the Spermheads to always be around a .500 team.  Why? because that will keep them in the middle of the draft order and they would have to spend huge draft capital to move up.

Cousins is the perfect QB for this scenario. He's not terrible by any measure. He takes up a huge salary cap number without really being at the Rodgers, Mahomes, R. Wilson, Brady level that can lift a team beyond the rest of the talent.

He's the poster child for a 500 team and his stats always look better than he actually is.

And, no matter what, he's their QB next year unless they decide to completely tank. He has a 45 million cap hit next year whether he's on the team or not.

Those dipshit fans still think there is some kind of a market out there that they can trade Cousins for a 1st round pick.

@The Heckler posted:

I want the Spermheads to always be around a .500 team.  Why? because that will keep them in the middle of the draft order and they would have to spend huge draft capital to move up.

They’d just fuck up that top 5 pick anyway. 0-16, please.

If they even get the pick in on time.

Not surprising; nasty hit he took.